Excel Plug-ins During Modeling Tests?

In interview processes are you generally able to use excel plug ins? Not sure how the mechanics of this work - if it’s an in person modeling test, presumably you will be using a machine without FS / Macabacus / etc plug in, but was curious about this in the WFH environment. Would be curious to hear what PE/HF modeling tests look like for IB analysts looking to move now

Definitely have become too dependent on the plug in for formatting, particularly the blue/green/black coloring in models and my banking analyst brain is already tweaking about formatting in my modeling tests lmao

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